Coursera vs Zammad

Coursera and Zammad both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Zammad (rank #485) holds a narrow lead over Coursera (rank #726) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (38 vs 30). The gap of 8 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Zammad is ahead of Coursera. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Zammad is ahead of Coursera. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Zammad is clearly ahead of Coursera. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Zammad is ahead of Coursera. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Zammad is ahead of Coursera.

Coursera carries 1,367 GitHub stars across 81 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Zammad shows 6,409 stars across 11 public repos, 9 active in the last 90 days and 27 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Zammad's footprint is roughly 4.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Coursera is worth a look for teams already invested in its stack. Zammad looks better where community is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.